Level 73
Not really sure what it is you want to do but you can use the API to populate your views with the help of Vue.
Jun 4, 2019
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Level 3
Display API resource response data in a view
I have a simple bookstore laravel 5.7 app. I want to expose the app API also using laravel's api resources.
I am able to use the app features and also test the api endpoints on postman successfully but I am not convinced that way I have gone about it is the right way. Here is how I have gone about it
BookController
public function index()
{
$books = Book::paginate(12);
return view('welcome', compact('books'));
}
web.php
Route::get('/', 'BookController@index');
api.php
Route::get('/books', function() {
return BookResource::collection(Book::with('ratings')->get());
});
Is it possible to use the BookResource in my controller so that
- I can return the
welcomeview along with the data - I can display data in the view
- My api.php routes can be formatted like this
Route::get('book', 'BookController@index')
Is this doable?
Level 3
@TRAY2 - My application isn't using vue right now. What I really want to do is return a books collection in my controller using the BookResource then display the books on the welcome page.
Level 8
If you want to use BookController@index for your views and your api, you could fetch the books using BookResource::collection() then use $request->wantsJson() to check if you should return the collection or the view. Something like that:
public function index(Request $request)
{
// fetch a collection of books
$books = BookResource::collection(...);
if ($request->wantsJson())
{
return $books;
}
return view('welcome', compact('books'));
}
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Level 3
@CALEX - $request->wantsJson() that's something new to me. Educate me please, how is it used in this case? Let me search for it in the meantime
Level 8
It might have been removed, I can't find it in documentation past laravel 4.2... You should try the snippet above to be sure.
Level 3
@CALEX - Couldn't find $request->wantsJson() in the 5.7 documentation. Tried the snippet but got the error message Undefined variable: request
Level 8
@elo I updated the snippet, make sure to add the parameter to the index! I tested it with laravel 5.8 and $request->wantsJson() still exists.
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Level 3
@CALEX - Found the documentation [here] (https://laravel.com/api/5.7/Illuminate/Http/Request.html#method_wantsJson) Wonder why it says the request is undefined
Level 3
@CALEX - Worked like a charm chief. I owe you a drink wink Interesting stuff I need to learn some more
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